Pocket-stove.



B. SGAMARDI.

POCKET STOVE.

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BENJAMIN SCAMARDI, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET-STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

Application filed August 26, 1909. Serial No. 514,671.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SOAMARDI, residing at \Villiamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved l; ocket-Stove, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to improvements in that type of cooking utensils, adapted for the use of tourists, campers, etc. and which are usually foldable for convenient packing, and my said invention primarily has for its object to provide an improved construction of utensil, of the general type stated, that can be very economically made, capable of being folded up for being carried in a coat pocket, and in which the parts are especially designed to be set up for use Without the aid of clips or other special fastening or clamping devices.

With other obj eets in view that will here inafter appear, my invention comprehends an improved construction and arrangement of a griddle or fuel holding member, a tripod stand therefor, consisting of legs slidably movable through and arranged to support the griddle plate at a suitable point relatively to the upper ends thereof, and with the said ends arranged to removably su Jport a frying or stew pan.

n its still more complete nature, my invention comprehends an improved construction of the griddle or fuel holder and leg members slidably and detachably mountable on the griddle and havin means that form stops or rest members or sustaining the griddle and at the same time position the upper ends of the legs to form a level support for the fry or stew pan, the griddle and the legs being relatively so formed that when knocked down they can be easily placed within the stew pan, the cover of the atter and the pan having a rim flange shape for interlocking to form a casing for said arts.

In its still more subordinate features, my invention consists in certain details and novel arrangement of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully described, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of my stove and illustrates the manner the fuel is fed thereto, the same being arranged for frying. Fig. 2, is a similar View, the same being arranged for bi-oiling and discloses a modified form of leg. Fig. 3, illustrates the manner in which the parts are assembled for packing. Fig. 4, is a detail section and shows how the stew pan and cover members interlock. Fig. 5, is a detail section on the line 5--5 on Fig. l, and Fig. 6, is a similar view taken on theline (3-6 of Fig. 2 of a slightly modilied arrangement of the leg member hereinafter referred to.

In the practical arrangement, all the parts of my invention are formed of sheet metal and preferably stamped up from sheet tin, and the said parts include a griddle plate 1, preferably slightly coneaved, and formed with a series of slots 10 near its peripheral edge, three being shown, and these are pru- \ided so that the outwardly curved upper ends 20 of the three leg pieces 2 2 can be readily slipped therethrough and the plate 1 slid freely on the upper parts of the said legs, which, when the parts are assembled, form the tripod or support for the stove as is clear from Figs. 1 and 2 and 4 oi the draw ings, by reference to which it. will be noticed the turned out ends 20 form seats for the frying or stew pans that. are remorably sup ported thereon a sutlicieut distance above the plate 1 to give the desired air draft for fuel purposes. By making the legs 2 tapered or Wedge-shaped they'will tightly lit in the slots 10 and form a good supporting medium. The lower ends of the legs 2 are likewise bent out as at 22 to form solid foot 1nembers, as shown.

So far as described, it will be apparent that since the legs 2 are freely slidable through the plate 1, means must be provided to sustain the legs 2 and the plate 1 in a. relatively fixed position and to this end each leg 2 has, at like points and about mid way their length, indentations 2424 that form stops or rest members for the plate 1 and prevent its resting unevenly on the legs, and at the same time effects a certain rigid ity of the legs 2 that their upper ends maintain a spread osition, with the seat portions in substantially the same horizontal plane so that the pan, when placed thereon, will be held straight, so that in frying as shown in Fig. 1 or broiling as in Fig. 2, the gravy will not spill or run over the side.

By providing a griddle plate 1 and joining it wit the legs as stated, a very simple and economical contrivance is provided for holdin fuel and for sustaining a pan over the griddle in which the parts are substantially held upright without the aid of clips or other fastening means, such as are generally med and required in stoves or utensils of this type. Instead of forming the plate rests 24 on the legs 2 as shown in Fig. 5, the said rest portion can be made more prominent in the larger sizes of my store and arranged as in Fig. 6, in which 2150 the part 23" that. forms the rest member is made by bending the leg plate 2 transversely and back on itself to the shape shown in Fig. (3. \Vhen used for, say, frying eggs, as in Fig. 1 the ordinary type of pie )flll 5 is set on top of the legs but when use say,

" for broiling a steak, a deeper pan 50 with a lid 51 is used, and in this case, to get the best results, the rim edges of the pan 50 and the lid 51 are made to interlock, see Fig. 4 so as to hold in the vapors from the meat or for keeping the pan and the lid tightly together when the legs and the plate I are placed in the pan as understood from Fig. 3.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of my invention will be apparent. By reason of forming the griddle and supporting it in the manner stated, I can use the cheapest kind of fuel, ordinary waste newspaper, and by folding the paper in uniform strips and feeding them onto the plate 1 in the manner shown in Fig. 1, I can get the maximum heat generation at a minimum cost, since I have, in practice, learned that with a square foot of newspaper folded into strips as stated, I can fry two eggs, well done and with two feet square of paper out and folded into uniform shape I can make a steak well done.

So far as I know, in utensils of the type referred to having foldable or detachable legs, special means must be used for holding the parts together when set up. In my invention, this expensive feature is done away with and the hecessity of a careful adjust' ment of the parts is also avoided.

Having thus described my inventiomwvhat I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patcut is 1. A portable pocket stove that comprises a perforated fuel holding plate having a plurality of peripherally arranged slots, leg

members slidable through the slots and tightly engaging the ends of said slots, and provided with ofl"-sets that form seats for the plate, and a pan removably mounted on the top of the leg members.

2. A )ortable pocket stove that comprises the fol owing elements in combination; a perforated fuel holding plate having a plurality of peripherally arranged slots, wedge shaped leg members slidable throu h and engaging the ends of the slots an provided with off-sets that form seats for the plate to rest upon, the upper and lower ends of the legs being bent outwardly and a pan rcmov ably mounted on the out-turned upper ends of the legs. y

3. A portable pocket stove comprising a sheet metal perforated plate having a plurality of peripherally arranged slots, leg members slidable through the slots and tightly engaging the ends of the slots, the upper and lower. ends of said legs being bent outwardly, said leg members being transversely bent midway their ends to form seats for the perforated plate to rest upon, and a pan removably mounted on the legs as set forth.

4. A portable pocket stove comprising a sheet metal perforated plate having a plurality of peripherally arranged slots, leg members slidablc through the slots Whose upper and lower ends are bent outwardly, said leg members being transversely bent midway their ends to form seats for the perforated plate to rest upon, and a stew pan removably mounted on the legs, a cover for the said pan, the rim edges of the pan and the cover being arranged to interlock, substantially as shown and described.

5. A pocket stove comprising a griddle or fuel holding member having slots, a tripod stand therefor, consisting of tapered or wedge-like le 5 slidably movable throu '11 said .slots an engaging the ends of said slots to support the griddle at a suitable point relatively to the upper ends thereof, and having the upper ends formed to removably support a frying or stew pan.

BENJAMIN SQAMARDI.

Vitnesses:

WAL'rEa KAS'I', LAWRENCE R. DOHNER. 

